[Homer_J_Simpson]

I remember sugar was rationed and my mom used leg paint.

I tried to figure out how leg paint could be a substitute for sugar, without success. I turned to Mrs. Homer for help and she explained that it was a substitute for nylon hosiery. Or was it silk? She also had a tip (learned from her grandmother) that, if you had a nice tan you could draw a seam down the back of your leg with an eyebrow pencil and go without stockings altogether.

[PzLdr]

Silk. They needed it for parachutes.